Example sentences of "be [adv] ticking over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I seem to believe it as long as you 're still ticking over nicely . |
| 2 | The machines were only ticking over . |
| 3 | And keep it so it 's just ticking over , so that on average you 're absorbing two of these neutrons , say and just one is going on to st start another one , and you just you know ju It 's very fine control on the fuel rods . |
| 4 | While software house MMT Computing Plc is still ticking over , it believes that attempts at broadening its skills base to cover open systems as well as its traditional mainframe business will help restore margins to pre-recession levels . |
| 5 | But this usually means the power amp is hardly ticking over in and so the resulting distortion is rarely fully representative of what the amp can do at full throttle . |
| 6 | ‘ When we do silage work , this engine is barely ticking over and it uses less fuel over the same acreage than a Ford 8210 , ’ 2 he says . |
| 7 | My mind is barely ticking over . |
| 8 | The breed was merely ticking over , a curiosity in the hands of a dedicated few . |
| 9 | The engine was just ticking over and the launch seemed to nose into the maze as though feeling her own way . |